Christmas ornament



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ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 12, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Albert H. Thaeler, Greensboro, N. C.

Application September 10, 1937, Serial No. 163,287

1 Claim.

This invention relates to Christmas ornaments and has for the primary object the provision of an illuminated device of this character which will have the general appearance of a star and may be supported by a pedestal or from a support in a depending position and is constructed of detachable parts to permit the device to be readily taken apart for storage in a comparatively small space.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to `be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

-For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a Christmas ornament constructed in accordance with my invention.

lFigure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating the detail construction of the body of the device.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view illustrating the same.

Figure 4 is a disrupted fragmentary perspective view showing the connection between one of the star points or elements with the body.

Figure 5 is a perspective View illustrating a group of star points or elements nested one within another.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 showing another group of star points or elements nested in each other.

Figure 7 is a plan view partly in section showing a pedestal for the support of the ornament.

Figure 8 is'a fragmentary side elevation showing the ornament supported in a depending position. f

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral I indicates a body of polygon shape and of hollow formation and the many faces thereof have formed therein windows or openings 2 some of which are of rectangular shape and the others of triangular shape. Also certain of said faces are of rectangular shape and the others of triangular shape. A plurality of frames 3 shaped in accordance with the faces of the body are detachably secured thereto by separable fasteners 4. Some of the frames are of triangular shape and the others are of rectangular shapeto match the respective faces of the body and said body is provided with flanges 5 which enter the openings of the frames as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The body is composed of a pair of sections indicated by (Cl. 24U-10) the characters A and B and said sections at their abutting edges are provided with inwardly extending flanges 6 which abut when the sections A and B are assembled. Spring clips 1 engage the flanges of the sections A and B and thereby detachably connect said sections. The body being composed of the detachable sections A and B will permit the body to be easily taken apart to permit placing therein an electric lamp 8, the latter being mounted in an electric lamp socket 9 carried by a bracket I0 of skeleton formation. The bracket Ill'is secured on one of the faces of the body and extends outwardly of the latter. A coupling Il is connected to the electric lamp socket and includes a conventional type of detachable electrical connections to which electrical conductors I2 are connected. The electrical conductors extend through a supporting tube I3 and the latter has one end connected to the coupling and the other end to a xture I4. The fixture I4 may be mounted on a pedestal I5 or may be secured directly to a support, as shown in Figure 8, so that the body I will be supported in a depending position. Included in the supporting tube I3 is a coupling or fixture I6 which permits the conductors I2 to extend out of the supporting tube to be connected in the usual way with an electrical output (not shown).

A plurality of pyramidal shaped elements I1 are secured on the frames 3 some of which have four faces and are carried by the frames which are of rectangular shape, while the others have three faces and are carried by the frames of triangular shape. The elements Il are of hollow formation and are constructed of transparent or translucent material. The frames when applied to the various faces of the body position the elements I'I in star formation about the body so that the device in entirety when illuminated will have the general appearance of a star. One of the elements I'I is provided with an opening in its pointed or reduced end to receive the supporting tube I3 and confining therein the coupling II, bracket I0 and a'portion of the electric lamp socket, as clearly shown in Figure 2. The elements I'I carried by the rectangular shaped frames may be nested one within the other when detached from the body, as shown in Figure 5, While the elements Il carried by the triangular shaped frames may be nested one within the other, as shown in Figure 6, when detached from the body. The light rays from the electric lamp are visible only through the elements I1 so that the device will present in outline an illuminated star. 'I'he arrangement of the elements I'I in m lining said Window, frames adapted to be detachably secured to said faces of the body and surrounding said Windows, light transmitting elements carried by said frames and extending outwardly from the body and receiving therein said flanges, and quickly detachable fastening devices securing said frames to said body to maintain said light transmitting elements in connected relation with said body.

A. I-I. THAELER. 

